Using buttons in gridmvc

Question

I'm currently using GridMvc to display a list on an Ajax view using this code:

columns.Add()
 .Titled("Host").Filterable(true).Encoded(false)
 .Sanitized(false)
 .RenderValueAs(LogonEvents => Html.ActionLink(LogonEvents.Host, 
     "Computers", new { computerName = LogonEvents.Host, 
                        userName = LogonEvents.Name, 
                        onclick = "showPageLoadingMessage()" }));

I'd like to use buttons rather than an ActionLink but I'm not sure how to pass the values to the next view.

Answer 1

You could just keep it simple and apply a CSS class to the htmlAttributes object.

Html.ActionLink("Button Name", "Index", null, new { @class="classname" })

and then create a class in your stylesheet

a.classname
{
   background: url(../Images/image.gif) no-repeat top left;
   display: block;
   width: 150px;
   height: 150px;
   text-indent: -9999px; /* hides the link text */
}

Or code your own HTML Helper.